Kim﻿b﻿erl﻿y's Engagements

﻿Upcoming Events

﻿Dec﻿ember 12-17, 2016﻿Kalani Honua HawaiiYoga is for Every BodyYes, two yoga and writing retreats in one year. Come in June or December, or both. We'll use yoga and nature and beauty and wonder to explore the stories we carry and create in our bodies. All levels of fitness and yoga practice are welcome. There will be daily yoga and writing for exploration and swimming and storytelling and the sea and gorgeous food and and and. You won't believe your good fortune. (And if you live on Hawaii and don't need lodgings, kama 'aina rates are available.)

2017

January 14, 2017Hilo, HIKu'ikahi Mediation CenterThis workshop on "Reframing" is not just for mediators. It's for anyone who'd like practice using one of the most powerful tools we have to help others neutralize conflict and find their own solutions - changing our language. As you might imagine, it's a life-long effort - so we'll all keep honing our skills today in Hilo. Register at Ku'ikahi.

January 19, 2017Hilo, HIKu'ikahi Mediation Center"Brown Bag" Series: Becoming a Better BystanderI'm happy to offer some resources and discussion on vibrantly taking the role we all have very day in various settings: bystander. How can we help neutralize and avoid conflict, even when we're not in the facilitator role? We'll discuss that - find out more here.

January 24, 2017Jacksonville, ILIllinois College: Gender, Equity and Public BodiesI'm pleased to be of service offering a talk on these topics. (Note to self: warm coat)

January - March 2017San Marcos, CACal State San Marcos: Social AdvocacyAs every spring, it’s my pleasure to be in Southern California to teach in the graduate program in Sociological Practice. Check out the program, if you’re interested — you too could be joining me for 8 half day workshops on Social Advocacy at some point in the future…

February 20, 2017San Diego, CABad and NastyI'll be a part of the Bad and Nasty contingent of performance work happening nationwide to celebrate Not-Our-President's Day. Brainchild of the delightful Holly Hughes, our numbers are still growing! Ever more info to be revealed at www.badandnasty.com and @badnastyevents.

March 6, 2017Lincoln, NEUniversity of Nebraska: Things I Learned From Fat People on the PlaneRead more about Things I Learned From Fat People on the Plane here.

​March 18, 2017Los Angeles, CALoyola Marymount University, 1-6pmOnce again, I’m part of the faculty in the Yoga, Mindfulness and Social Changecertificate program at LMU. Anyone can come to these 5 hour workshops a la carte too. Please join me, if you’re in Los Angeles. My workshop is on body image, sexuality and body diversity in yoga.

April 21, 2017Nottingham, UKYoga Is For EverybodyThis half day workshop will use yoga and writing to get at some of the stories we carry in our bodies. Bring a yoga mat, notebook and all the joy you can muster. All levels welcome and no, you don’t have to share anything publicly if you don’t want to!

April 26-28, 2017 University of Bedbordshire, Luton, UKBedfordshire International Spring Systemic SchoolI’m heading over to offer two half day workshops. More details coming. (Can’t quite work out what that title means? Well, it’s a conference about systemic stuff, duh. Look at this year’s info here.)

May 5-7, 2017Keele, UKMore info coming soon...

May 14-27, 2017BelgiumDickinson HouseI spent two weeks at Dickinson House in 2015, and I'm so excited that they invited me back! One of my favorite residencies - do apply. Canals, countryside, peach beer, ponies, chocolates - I'm coming for you!

June 2-4, 2017Reykjavik, IcelandNonfictionNOW ConferenceThis is where I'll be - further details coming soon. (Please get in touch if you're in Iceland and would like a workshop or performance while I'm there!)

June 14-16, 2017Paris, FranceThe Arts in Society Conference - Pantheon-Sorbonne UniversityIt's the Twelfth International Conference on the Arts in Society. I last attended in Aberystwyth many years ago and embarrassed myself mispronouncing the city name as I told the customs agent where I was heading. I know how to say Paris though.

June 18-23, 2017﻿Kalani Honua, HIYoga is for Every BodyYes, two yoga and writing retreats in one year. Come in June or December, or both. We'll use yoga and nature and beauty and wonder to explore the stories we carry and create in our bodies. All levels of fitness and yoga practice are welcome. There will be daily yoga and writing for exploration and swimming and storytelling and the sea and gorgeous food and and and. You won't believe your good fortune.﻿August 3-6, 2017﻿Las Vegas, NVAssociation for Theatre in Higher Education ConferenceI'll be talking about various interpretations of the body as spectacle in solo/storytelling performance. What else?

October 10-15, 2016Kalani Honua, HIHawaii Yoga FestivalIn addition to my class/workshop offerings at the festival, Kalani, which hosts the festival, is also my yoga-teaching home. In my spare time (:::smile:::) I coordinate the yoga offerings there. This is also where I offer two retreats per year. Have a look at the Kalani yoga offerings here: https://kalani.com/yoga

﻿Dec﻿ember 18-23, 2017﻿Kalani Honua, HIYoga is for Every BodyYes, two yoga and writing retreats in one year. Come in June or December, or both. We'll use yoga and nature and beauty and wonder to explore the stories we carry and create in our bodies. All levels of fitness and yoga practice are welcome. There will be daily yoga and writing for exploration and swimming and storytelling and the sea and gorgeous food and and and. You won't believe your good fortune.

Summer, 2020Berlin, GermanySummer Arts Berlin: Contemporary Art in Berlin: Visual, Media, Conceptual and Performance ArtWhat? You don't know where you'll be in 2020? More info to come, but in the meantime, learn more about other Summer Arts courses. They're all worth your time...​

​Archives: 2016

January 16, 2016Hilo Hawaii Facilitation TrainingKu’ikahi Mediation Center, Hilo, HawaiiThis will be a 6 hour training instead of the usual half day offering. More time to practice. For more info or to sign up, click here!

January 23-26, 2016Clinton, SCTeaching Residency, Presbyterian CollegeI’m so pleased to spend a few days working with theatre students to write/devise their spring play on social media. The process of writing-workshopping-generating is so fun. Yay new year plays!

January 26, 2016Clinton, SCBecoming the Subject of Your Own Story, Presbyterian CollegeMy time with the good people of Presbyterian College ends with a performance in the black box theatre. You may be invited. Look it up on their site if you’re in the area. Presby.edu

Janua﻿ry-M﻿arc﻿h﻿, 2016San Marcos, CASocial AdvocacyAs every spring, it’s my pleasure to be in Southern California to teach in the graduate program in Sociological Practice. Check out the program, if you’re interested — you too could be joining me for 8 half day workshops on Social Advocacy at some point in the future…

February 23, 2016Carlisle, PennsylvaniaYoga for Every Body class at Dickinson CollegeThis two day visit ends with more classroom visits and then a noon yoga class that’s open to everyone. Join me, if you’re available…

March 10, 2016Los Angeles, CASan Diego City College "Exploring Gender”I’m doing a bit of storytelling at City College this evening, on the theme of gender. This one’s not open to the public...

March 19, 2016Los Angeles, CALoyola Marymount UniversityI’m thrilled to be part of the Yoga, Mindfulness and Social Change certificate program offerings this year. It’s a 100 hour program to address these issues, and to prepare yoga and meditation practitioners to work better with socio-ecological activism. Check their site for details…

March 21, 2016Edison, NJMiddlesex Community CollegeGender Race and Money is on the schedule today. This lecture is like a series of games at the Understanding American Economics carnival. (Step on up, I’ve got your gender troubles right here!)

March-April, 2016Cal State Summer ArtsDo you know about Summer Arts? Do you know about the essay course I’m offering in 2016? I’ll be doing some classroom visits during these months at Cal State campuses to spread the word If you’re at a CSU campus and would like me to stop into your classes, please let me know. I may be able to add it to my schedule.

April 8, 2016San Diego, CAPoetry and Art at the San Diego Art InstituteThis event is called “Hosting the Hosts” and includes a bunch of San Diego authors, hosts and organizers reading original work. I’m in the line-up. It’ll be fun. And there’s a people’s choice poem award too. Everyone’s encouraged to bring wine to share as well, 7pm.

April 22-24, 2016Seattle, WASeattle Erotic Arts FestivalIf you don’t know the artwork of Rose Adare, you should. She’ll be at the Seattle Arts Festival this year. You’ll see me in two places. First, I was the subject of one of Rose Adare's “Restraint and Revolution” portraits of artists and change-makers a few years back and her painting of me will be on display. I’m also performing Love, Sex and Laughter in the Literary Lair on the 23d and telling a few stories on the Adare stage, then working with Rose to facilitate a discussion/activity on labels and identity too.

​June 19-24, 2016Kalani Honua, HIYoga is for Every BodyIt looks like we’re making this a regular event in June and December, so if you were sad to miss it before, get in there now! We'll use yoga and nature and beauty and wonder to explore the stories we carry and create in our bodies. All levels of fitness and yoga practice are welcome. There will be daily yoga and writing for exploration and swimming and storytelling and the sea and gorgeous food and and and. You won't believe your good fortune. (And if you live on Hawaii and don't need lodgings, kama 'aina rates are available.)

July 10, 2016Sunday Assembly, Silicon ValleyI’m offering some storytelling on queer lives this morning on my way to Monterey. Hooray for people gathering to have fun and do good… http://www.sundayassembly.com/

July 11-24, 2016Cal State Monterey BayCal State Summer ArtsSummer Arts is only the best summer art camp for adults ever. Seriously, one of my favorite programs on the planet. You will spend two weeks (earning 3 units of grad or undergrad credit) in Monterey Bay, CA. And it's not just a class, we live and work and eat together and go to shows in the evening because it's also an Arts Festival. And there's financial aid available - especially if you live in California, but literally anyone can apply. I'm so pleased to be offering Essay Writing: Public Issues and Personal Passions this year. And I'm being joined by the magnificent Roxane Gay, Lidia Yuknavitch and ﻿﻿Melissa Fabello﻿﻿. No kidding. Mark your calendar. Apply. Come.

July 21, 2016Monterey Bay, CA﻿World Theatre - reading with Lidia YuknavitchTickets are available for this reading via www.csusummerarts.org. Lidia and I have read together before. She’s a brilliant art-creature. Read all her books. We’re all about personal essays this evening. I think you should come.

​October 11-16, 2016Kalani Honua, HawaiiHawaii Yoga FestivalIn addition to my class/workshop offerings at the festival, Kalani, which hosts the festival, is also my yoga-teaching home. In my spare time (:::smile:::) I coordinate the yoga offerings there. This is also where I offer two retreats per year. Have a look at the Kalani yoga offerings here: https://kalani.com/yoga

October 26, 2016Wellesley, MAWellesley CollegeI’m doing a keynote AND a performance today. Whoa. Storytelling galore - happy to be there for this month's focus on queer lives.

November 2, 2016San Diego, CAFiction International Release Party - Whistlestop BarI have a story in this year's Fiction International Anthology (Taboo). And I'm in San Diego. So, I'll read something at this event. Event's free, but the bar only takes cash...

November 5, 2016San Diego, CASan Diego Art Institute, 6:30pmIt's an evening celebrating the release of Jimmy Jazz' new book Book of Books. I'll be reading a bit of my stuff, then something from his new book too. He's a long-term writing and performing compadre - I also use his novel The Sub when I teach Sociology of Education. I'm looking forward to Book of Books - about how books changed a person's life trajectory. Imagine that. (Bring snacks or drinks to share and get in free to this event, by the way.) More here.

​October 22 - December 10, 2016San Marcos, CACal State San MarcosFridays and Saturdays for 8 weeks I’m teaching about Body and Culture and Sociology of Education at Cal State San Marcos. Oh how I love an intensive learning environment…

November 10-13, 2016Montreal CanadaNational Women’s Studies Assn. ConferenceI’m on a panel discussing decolonizing public space - I’ll tell a story about big people on airplanes and how not all large bodies are treated the same.